Ryota Wakiya sparked the Seibu Lions' comeback in a 6-4 come-from-behind victory over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks on Sunday afternoon.
A light-hitting career. 259 batter, Wakiya went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs as the Lions overturned a four-run deficit before 37,407 at Yafuoku Dome and handed Hawks starter Hayato Terahara (7-1) the loss. Trailing 4-0 in the fourth, Wakiya hit an opposite-field, two-run home run that just carried over the short fence in left.
"It was a ball and I hit it off the end of the bat, but it fell in," the 33-year-old Wakiya said of his 16th career homer.